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Wars of the Roses, (1455–85), in English history, the series of dynastic civil wars whose violence and civil strife preceded the strong government of the Tudors. Fought between the houses of Lancaster and York for the English throne, the wars were named many years afterward from the supposed badges of the contending parties: the white rose of ...
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These are some family trees. The first gives you an idea of how the main royal noble houses came about in their descent from Edward III. The Neville Family Tree. The Neville’s originated from the Conquest, and steadily grew in power during the 13th and 14th centuries. This Family tree starts from Ralph Neville, the 1st Earl of Westmoreland.
Nov 9, 2009 · Hulton Archive/Getty Images. The Wars of the Roses were a series of bloody civil wars for the throne of England between two competing royal families: the House of York and the House of...
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Family tree. In literature. See also. Notes. References. Further reading. External links. Wars of the Roses. The Wars of the Roses, known at the time and in following centuries as the Civil Wars, were a series of civil wars fought over control of the English throne from 1455 to 1487.
The Wars of the Roses were a series of dynastic civil wars fought between supporters of two rival branches of the royal House of Plantagenet: the houses of Lancaster and York (whose heraldic symbols were the "red" and the "white" rose, respectively) for the throne of England. They were fought in several sporadic episodes between 1455 and 1485 ...
May 22, 2015 · This complicated family tree ensured that both factions had a legitimate case for their royal lineage, though by modern standards the Yorkists’ claim was undoubtedly stronger.
Palace of Westminster, public domain. The Houses of York and Lancaster imagined. The Houses of York and Lancaster include all the claimants to the throne during the Wars of the Roses and were descendants of Edward III.
